KHQ.COM - The government's most recent investigation into the assassination of John F. Kennedy began in 1994.More >>

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Historian reads JFK speech excerpts

DALLAS (AP) - Author and historian David McCullough says John F. Kennedy's words changed lives and history. And he says much of what Kennedy said still applies today.

McCullough read excerpts of some of Kennedy's most well-known speeches Friday during a Dallas ceremony on the day marking 50 years since Kennedy was cut down by an assassin's bullet.

He says Kennedy spoke of things that mattered, including education, service to one's country and the cause of peace on Earth. And he says Kennedy spoke to the point, with confidence and without "stale platitudes."

Obama on JFK anniversary: Few fears for own safety

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says he doesn't spend much time worrying about his own personal safety despite President John F. Kennedy's assassination 50 years ago.

Obama says the tragedy reshaped the Secret Service in many ways. But he says the agency does an outstanding job every day. He says, quote, "It's not something I think about."

Obama spoke in an ABC News interview on the 50th anniversary of Kennedy being gunned down in an open-top limousine in Dallas. ABC released excerpts of the interview being aired Friday evening.

Obama's comments also come as the Secret Service is dealing with a new case of alleged sexual misconduct involving agents assigned to protect the president. The agency had been seeking to repair its reputation following a 2012 prostitution scandal in Colombia.

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DALLAS (AP) - The mayor of Dallas has honored John F. Kennedy's life and legacy on the day marking 50 years since his assassination.

Mike Rawlings says the nation grew up on the day Kennedy died and had to live up to the challenges of the words and vision of a beloved president. Rawlings says Dallas has turned "civic heartbreak" into hard work and it is a much different place today.

He called Kennedy an "idealist without illusions who helped build a more just and equal world."

Rawlings' remarks were followed by a moment of silence and a tolling of bells.

Reverent memorials to mark JFK 50th anniversary

Fifty years ago today, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. And America is marking the anniversary with a ceremony in the city's Dealey Plaza, and a moment of silence at 12:30 p.m., when Kennedy was shot.

In Washington, Barack Obama has ordered that flags be lowered at government buildings. Earlier this week Obama visited Kennedy's grave at Arlington National Cemetery.

The JFK Library and Museum in Boston will open a small exhibit of never-before-displayed items from Kennedy's state funeral.

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DALLAS (AP) - Fifty years after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, thousands will mark the day with a solemn ceremony in Dealey Plaza.

Friday's city-planned event in the place where JFK's motorcade passed through when shots rang out will feature brief remarks by the mayor, the tolling of church bells and readings from the president's speeches by author David McCullough.

It's a reverential approach that will be mirrored in Boston, where the JFK Library and Museum will open a small exhibit of never-before-displayed items from Kennedy's state funeral and host a musical tribute. In Washington, President Barack Obama will meet privately at the White House with leaders and volunteers from the Peace Corps program, which Kennedy created.

About 5,000 tickets were issued for the free ceremony in Dealey Plaza.

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JACKSON, N.H. (AP) - Maybe these golfers in New Hampshire didn't yell "fore" but they might have considered "llama on the links." Golfers at Eagle Mountain Golf Course in Jackson were joined Monday on the sixth fairway by a llama that escaped from his pen about 2 miles (over 3 kilometers) through some woods. The Conway Daily Sun reports that the pack animal, named Noir, was friendly and got in pictures with the golfers. The fugitive is

JACKSON, N.H. (AP) - Maybe these golfers in New Hampshire didn't yell "fore" but they might have considered "llama on the links." Golfers at Eagle Mountain Golf Course in Jackson were joined Monday on the sixth fairway by a llama that escaped from his pen about 2 miles (over 3 kilometers) through some woods. The Conway Daily Sun reports that the pack animal, named Noir, was friendly and got in pictures with the golfers. The fugitive is

It might still be August, but fall has arrived early in the candy aisle. The early release of pumpkin-flavored foods continues this week with the release of White Pumpkin Pie M&M's. The new M&M's feature a white chocolate and pumpkin pie-flavored coating. Looking to get your hands on a bag before fall officially arrives? They are being sold at Walmart and other large retailers, a spokesperson for M&M's maker Mars confirmed this week to TODAY. The White Pumpkin Pie flav...More >>

It might still be August, but fall has arrived early in the candy aisle. The early release of pumpkin-flavored foods continues this week with the release of White Pumpkin Pie M&M's. The new M&M's feature a white chocolate and pumpkin pie-flavored coating. Looking to get your hands on a bag before fall officially arrives? They are being sold at Walmart and other large retailers, a spokesperson for M&M's maker Mars confirmed this week to TODAY. The White Pumpkin Pie flav...More >>

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - The Latest on the Barcelona attack (all times local): 10:10 p.m. A senior police official in Spain's Catalonia region says the van attack that killed 13 people in Barcelona is "connected" to an explosion the night before in a town south of the city in which one person died and injured several more. Police Major Josep Lluis Trapero also gave the nationalities of the two suspects detained Thursday. He said during a news

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - The Latest on the Barcelona attack (all times local): 10:10 p.m. A senior police official in Spain's Catalonia region says the van attack that killed 13 people in Barcelona is "connected" to an explosion the night before in a town south of the city in which one person died and injured several more. Police Major Josep Lluis Trapero also gave the nationalities of the two suspects detained Thursday. He said during a news

(AP) - The Latest on the car that drove into the sidewalk outside a pizza restaurant in France (all times local): 10:11 p.m. French officials say the driver who steered into patrons of a pizza restaurant east of Paris clearly acted intentionally, but they have no reason so far to suspect a terrorist motive.

(AP) - The Latest on the car that drove into the sidewalk outside a pizza restaurant in France (all times local): 10:11 p.m. French officials say the driver who steered into patrons of a pizza restaurant east of Paris clearly acted intentionally, but they have no reason so far to suspect a terrorist motive.

(AP) - A shade of purple inspired by the late superstar Prince and his custom-made Yamaha piano was announced Monday by the icon's estate. The royal hue created by the Pantone Color Institute was dubbed "Love Symbol #2," paying tribute to the graphic Prince began using as his name in 1993 in a testy battle with Warner Bros. Records over ownership of the master recordings of some of his biggest hits.

(AP) - A shade of purple inspired by the late superstar Prince and his custom-made Yamaha piano was announced Monday by the icon's estate. The royal hue created by the Pantone Color Institute was dubbed "Love Symbol #2," paying tribute to the graphic Prince began using as his name in 1993 in a testy battle with Warner Bros. Records over ownership of the master recordings of some of his biggest hits.

(AP) - The Latest on President Donald Trump and the weekend's violence and death in Charlottesville, Virginia (all times local): 12:45 p.m. President Donald Trump is saying that "racism is evil" as he condemns the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists as "criminals and thugs."

(AP) - The Latest on President Donald Trump and the weekend's violence and death in Charlottesville, Virginia (all times local): 12:45 p.m. President Donald Trump is saying that "racism is evil" as he condemns the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists as "criminals and thugs."

(AP) - A Pentagon spokesman says the two U.S. soldiers killed Sunday in Iraq were casualties of a U.S. artillery "mishap." The spokesman, Army Col. Rob Manning, said an Army artillery unit was firing on an Islamic State mortar position "when a mishap occurred." He said there is no indication that IS played a role in the deaths.

(AP) - A Pentagon spokesman says the two U.S. soldiers killed Sunday in Iraq were casualties of a U.S. artillery "mishap." The spokesman, Army Col. Rob Manning, said an Army artillery unit was firing on an Islamic State mortar position "when a mishap occurred." He said there is no indication that IS played a role in the deaths.